Manure-spreader.



T. BROWN. Y MANIERE SPBEDBB. APPLICATION FILEDIAY 5|, 1908 'PatentedDec. 22, 1908.

Homey THEoPHILUs BEowNjoF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TORICHARDSON MAN U- FCTURING COMPANY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ACORPORATION OF IYIASSA-` CHUSETTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

MANURE-SPREADEE.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Application filed May 5, 1908. Serial No. 431,007.

To allie/tom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, THEoPiiriLUs Worcester, in the county of Worcesterand Commonwealth iof Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Manure-.Spreadera of which the following is a specication accompanied by drawings forming apart of the same, in which-u Figurel represents aside view ofthe body portion of a manure spreadercontain-I ing la beater for distributing the manure and l a pulveri'zingrake mounted in operative posltion above the beater. Fig.4 2 representsthe same with the pulverizing rake lowered into inoperative position,and Fig. 3 is a top view ,with they rake lowered in the position shownin Fig-2. I

Similar reference figures refer to similar parts in the diiferent views.l

The object of my present invention is to provide apulv'erizing rakeforvthat class of manure spreaders in which the beater is caable of beingmoved toward and laway onithe load, and further to provide means wherebya simultaneous movement of lthe beater and rake maybe secured by the useof a single hand ',lever, and' it consists in the construction andarrangement of parts as body and provided with projecting teeth et. l

Journaled in suitablebearings air' the rear of the body is sprocketwheel 5, to which rotar;T lmotion is imparted as the manure spreadertravels over the ground by means of a sprocket chain connection, 4notherein shown or described as this method of rotating the beater is onein common use, and will. be readily understood by .those conversant withthis class of machines. Rotated by the 'sprocket wheel 5 is a spur ear''6 which enga gee pinion 7 on the sha t 8 of the beater. The ter shaft 8is journaled 1n similar beariopposite sides of the spreader in g l IBROWN, p a' citizen of he United States, residing aty `bell cranksll,

rake, asrepresented in Fig. 2, the body of duplicateoars 9, only one ofwhich is irepresented in the accompanying drawings. The bars 9 slide inways in the frameworkof the spreader and are' connected by links 1f?with pivoted at 12 on the side.-J of the body. 'The bellcranks 11 areconnected by links 13 with radial arms 111 carried on a rocking shaft 15journaled at thev forward end of the body, and provided'with a leverhan,- dle 16 in convenient positionto Vbe reached by the driver from theseat 2. Y.

Pivoted upon studs 17 are rocking arms 18 in which are supported a frame19 carrymg a' rake 20, extending transversely across the body of thespreader andprovided with teeth The rocking arm 18 is operativelyconnected with the sliding bar 9 by means of rocking levers 22 pivotedat 23 upon the side of the body portion, and having theirv opposite endsslotted to engage studs held in 'the arms 18 and the sliding bars 9.When the sliding bars 9 are moved to the rearward of the spreader inorder to carry the pinion 7 into engagement with the drivving gear 6,the arms 18 will be rocked through the cornectinglevers 22 so as tobring the frame 19 into an upright position, with the rake 2O supportedabove the beater and in proper position to ca use the manure thrown fromthe load by the revolving beater to become pulverized as it passesthrough the teeth 21 of the rake. By depressing the lever handle 16, asshown in Fig. 2, the bell cranksll will be rocked to draw the slidingbars 9 forward to bring the pinion 7 out of engagement with the drivinggear 6, and to `draw the beater forward inthe body of the spreader. Thismovement of the handl lever 16 also rocks the arm 18, to lower the frame19 carrying 'the rake 20 into a horizontal position just above the sidesof the body., as shown in Fig. 2, ln the positions of the beater f thespreader is prepared for loading, the

beaterthen being in its most forward position and serving to retard thebackward.

' movement in the body of the'loadlof manure..`

When the 'spreader1 is ready for operation, the lever handle 16 islraised. intoY the posim tion shown in4 Fig. 1, thereby moving the beaterrearward yand freeing its teeth from the load of manure so that it maybe readily.

rotated and, at the same time, carrying the l pinion 7 into engagementwith the driving gear. This rearward movement of the beatersimultaneously moves the rale'gt'rom its hori zontal position into thevertical position ehown in Figi: l, in which the teeth 2l: are in properposition to receive the .ini et Ait" the n'ianure as it is thrown by the-oi ing beater teeth.

I am aware that it is not new to equip a manure spreader with alrevolving beater, eapable ot' being moved rearward to free its teethfrom the load of manure preparatory to the operation et the spreader,and I am also aware that it not new to provide a manure spreader with apulverizing rake mounted in proper position above the re'- \'olvingbeater, but I do not herein claim either of these features; the essenceor my -present invention consisting` in operatively connecting therearwardly moving beater with a rockingl rake frame, whereby both thebeater and rake may be simultaneously thrown into and ont of theiroperative position by the action of a single lever.

I claim,

1. In a manure spreader, the combination with a body and a rotatablebeater capable of a sliding movement toward and away from the front. ofthe body, of .a rake capable ol a swinging movement into and out of itsoperative position, and means for swinging said rake eonjointly with thesliding movement of said beater.

2. In a manure spreader, the combination with a body and a rotatablebeater, of means for sliding said beater toward and away. from the frontof the body, a rake pivotally supported'above the beater, a leverhandle, and operative connections betweenvsaid lever handle and the rakeand beater, wherebv the swinging movement of the rake corresponds withthe sliding;` movemen`r of the beater.

3. In a manure spreader, the linbination `with a bodyr and a beater, ottmeans for slid ing -l beater toward and away from the front oi' thebody, a pivoted rake, and means .for depressing said rake as the beateris' '4. In a 'manure spreader, the combination with a body and a beatercapable of a Sliding movement toward and away from the front of thebody, of a rake pivotally supported, and means forv Sinniltaneonslysliding said beater and swinging said rake.

In a n'ianure spreader, the combination with a body and a rotatablebeater, of beater Supports capable of .sliding toward and away fromtha'front ot the body, a pivotedrake, means for operatively connectingsaid rake with said beater supports, and means for sliding said beatersupports.l f

6. 4In a manure spreader, the Combination with a body and abeatereapable of sliding toward and away from the front of the body, ofa rake pivotally supported above the plane of the beater, slidablesupports Jfor the beater, an operative connection between said supportsand said rake, and a lever handlefor the conjoint movement of saidbeater supports and said rake.

Dated this second day of May 1908.

T'HEO'PHILUS BROWN.

I Vitnesses PENELOPE COMBERBACH, HENRY VVooD FOWLER.

